Hathavariya (Asparagus)

Scientific name:	Asparagus gonoclados*
Family name:	ASPARAGACEAE
English name:	Asparagus
Local name:	Hathavariya
Description:	A tall, rambling and scandent, spinous undershrub with a tuberous rootstock; spines 0.6-1.2 cm long. Leaves reduced to minute scales bearing at the axils tufts of trigonous cladodes which are 2-6-nate, 1.2-1.8 cm long, 6 mm broad. Racemes many flowered. Flowers white, fragrant, very minute. Fruit a berry, 1-2 seeded, 4-6 mm diameter.
Status:	Native
Edible parts:	Leaves
Ayurvedic usage: Treatment for- Sub-fertility, Heart disease Burning sensation of the body Wounds Oedeama PARTS  USED  IN  TREATMENT: Tubers Leaves RELATED  MEDICINAL  PROPERTIES: Reduces aggravation of vatha and pitha dosha Stimulates oestrogen production Aphrodisiac Facilitates gain in weight source by  instituteofayurveda.org